Update/Misc.

Well, I don't have any particular subject in mind to discuss today; but I am here and feel obligated to write to those of you who may check in from time to time. Not sure if that is healthy or not. Life has been busy -- in many ways, really. I am at the stage of closing my third condominium which means a few things: first, work will be hectic and chances are I will become slightly crabby for a week or so; second, one of these condo's in this building is mine, and so I will be moving into a new place this weekend, finally. This week amoung the chaos I will also turn another year older. A few things here . . . first, at this point in my life sanctification is not very fun; second, "becoming a man" or "growing up" is not quite has spectacular or as easy as I had once supposed it to be. Thank God for covenant community and for the brothers He has blessed me with.
On a lighter note, I have been reading "Out of the Silent Planet" by C. S. Lewis (there seem to be few things better in life than reading a book by Lewis). This is the first in his space trililogy, or maybe everyone knew that already. It has been a wonderful book so far, and has shown me a man who really took the gospel to every square inch of literature he was involved in. One scene I enjoyed is when Ransom (a human from Earth who is kidnapped and taken to the planet Malacandra or Mars) meets his first living creature, a Hross. Of course the Hross does not resemble a human at all, nor does he speak English, so the first action they take to show their peace and trust towards each other is to share a cup of alcohol. Lewis also goes on to show quite a few ways in which society has been corrupted by the fall. I highly recommend this series, though I haven't even read the remaining two.
I also went to the movies with a few guys this weekend and saw "Cinderella Man". I set my expectations low, and to my pleasure they were far surpassed. The boxing scenes were well done in my opinion, and the story-line never seemed to linger too long in one place. Based on a true story of a man and his family brought low and humbled by the Great Depression, and then raised up again was not, much to my surprise, overly-dramatic. I thought it told the story well of a man struggling to be a "man" and dealing with responsibility, pride, courage, and faith. A part of the story, somewhat in the background, but which I believed expressed some of the most truth in the movie, was the marital relationship between this man and his wife and their parental relationships with there children.
I will try to scrounge up some interesting topics for you all next time. Good day!